A little boy is telling his Grandma how "everything" is going wrong: School, family problems, health problems, etc. Meanwhile, Grandma is baking a cake.
She asks her grandson if he would like a snack, which of course he does.
"Here, have some cooking oil."
"Yuck" says the boy.
"How about a couple raw eggs? "
"Gross, Grandma!"
"Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?"
"Grandma, those are all yucky!"
To which Grandma replies: "Yes, all those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake!"
She continued, "God works the same way in our lives."
She asks her grandson if he would like a snack, which of course he does.
"Here, have some cooking oil."
"Yuck" says the boy.
"How about a couple raw eggs? "
"Gross, Grandma!"
"Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?"
"Grandma, those are all yucky!"
To which Grandma replies: "Yes, all those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake!"
She continued, "God works the same way in our lives."
Isn’t it funny how grandmothers seem to always know what to say??? Since we started Vacation Bible School this week I thought it would be appropriate to talk about the events that lead us to something special.
In John 14:6 Jesus said “I am the Truth the Life and the Way, no one comes to the Father accept thru Me” This in itself sounds simple enough but it can be a difficult road. Nevertheless the reward is sweet in deed…
As we walk thru our lives, life is never too simple. When Tina and I got married, 29 years ago, we thought life would be pretty simple. Well it all started with the wedding plans. Everything seemed to be going fine and then we hit a snag on the wedding day and had to move the time back to accommodate another couple that was getting married on that day, even though we had our name on the list first. Well we survived, of course, but it was a time of great stress for my bride to be. So we moved our time for them and had a great wedding anyway. As life went on we had our fair share of struggles and it would have been easy to just give up. Nevertheless the reward has been sweet in deed…
Our walk with God is the same. As we go thru struggles in our lives satin will throw a lot of things our way. They become obstacles that hinder us from seeing what God is trying to do thru us. A lot of times we tend to give up and quite church. We sometimes think, “What’s the use”? Church is hard work. It is not for the faint of heart. It is not all about our comfort zone. It is about our relationship with our Creator. In Matthew Jesus was talking to His disciples. He commissioned them to do a great work. That same commission is given to us as well. 28: 19-20 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20) teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
We as a country are entering an age of rejection of God. It shows in our lack of service, our lack of commitment, our lack of speaking up for Christian principals, and our lack of willingness to accept His call. There are a lot of committed service minded Christian’s out there, but the number is decreasing, for there are many who don’t want to be bothered with that “Church stuff”.
Joshua 24: 15 “And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served which were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.”
My advice to you is to not give up. Don’t forget the prize at the end of the age. The place where Jesus went to prepare for you and I and that He will be returning again to take us there… Ahhh how sweet it will be…
“The Greatest Adventure in Life is seen through the Love of Christ”
Bro John 501-262-0015
